camping in a wildfire lookout tower. The big picture: The U.S. Forest Service rents dozens of its old, remote fire lookouts now that infrared tools and aircraft have replaced human eyes in most areas.

After Bolan Mountain Lookout burned down, the U.S. Forest Service formed an alliance with a trails group to rebuild a popular ...

commissioner of fire and police for Lookout Mountain, Tn. What happened, he said was that Saturday morning, the Lookout Mountain Fire Department answered a call for a brush fire in the national park.

We’re often asked why we staff a fire lookout. Our reasons aren ... manmade distractions disappear. Our tower has been visited by horned lizards, elk, mountain lions and a mama bear with ...